Developer Efficiency
There are a lot of ways to make a developer more efficient. For one, give them more monitors. At least 3, but 4 is best. Anything over 4 tends to have limited gains.
I used 6 monitors at work for 3 years, and now am down to 4, arranged as follows - 15", 17", 17", 15". The left monitor is email, the center two are visual studio (tool windows on the left, main code on the right), and the right monitor is a web browser. By eliminating the clutter - I can get things done much faster.
With multi-monitors, a MUST HAVE TOOL is Ultramon. This application has a ton of features, but most noteworthy is it's ability to put a seperate taskbar on each monitor. No more filled up taskbar. It also allows dragging a maximized window from one monitor to the next - another time saver.
To that same effect, is the application I wrote tonight. It docks any number of applications into one tabbed window, freeing up your taskbar and allowing you to group similar things together. Check it out here!
The code for this app is sure to be modded like crazy. It's this spark of innovation that I love to see - especially in the young coders out there.
May the source be with you.
posted by Unknown @ 2:03 AM
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Hey Dana... I'm really impressed with what you are doing here and your project has become a daily stop for me. I think your latest app is the best, or at least the most useful to me and my need to have so many apps open at once. I'm looking forward to messing around with it.
If you're still looking for app ideas, I have created an illustration of my dream app -- I'm a designer, its how I think :-)
http://www.thirteenpennies.net/files/SysTray_Tasks.jpg
It was inspired by Gina Tripani's quicklogger (http://lifehacker.com/search/quicklogger) but adds a few things that makes tasks lists particularly useful. Having the same quick keys functionality as quicklogger but access to the apps settings through the systray would make it a neat little app.
this is AWESOME. you MUST tweak and add some features, it's a GREAT idea!
How do you get 4 monitors? Do you have multiple pci video cards? I have three monitors, two are on a Pci express card and one is a usb to vga (eww).
Four monitors - bloody hell. I only have two 19" LCDs and my short-sightedness causes me to lean left and right slightly when reading from the edges. I'd need a conveyor belt with four.
4 monitors increases your productivity, I have never heard something as insane as that in a long time. No one needs four monitors except for an air traffic controller.
Please Dana......remember more monitors doesn't make you a better person.
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